The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is taking public comments on the recently released draft of a regulation that will govern the collection of road-killed wildlife. The draft regulations were written in close coordination with the Wyoming Department of Transportation for collecting road-killed deer, elk, antelope, moose, bison or wild turkey.
As drafted, safety considerations bar people from picking up carcasses from extremely busy roadways, such as Interstates 25, 80 and 90. It also disallows collection in active construction areas and within the national parks. Other rules ban field dressing along the roadway.
Limiting the spread of disease is another concern. For wildlife managers, preventing the spread of chronic wasting disease is the foundation for requirements such as taking the whole animal, both edible and inedible portions, and following all carcass transport and disposal procedures which are the same as for a hunter.
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